Bear hunting and stumbled onto a cougar!

[longrange7mm]

Hey all i was out bear hunting yesterday rode my bike in on a closed rode about 7 miles i was glassing snowline looking for bears, but nothing . at about 4 i realized i may want to start working my way back since i left my flash light in my vest  :bdid:i took off for the truck. I was coming into a clear cut and there was a cougar in the road about 50 yds. he heard me stop my bike of course. and looked at me as i was trying to get my gun off my pack. i got on him when he was about 75 yds and kissed at him he stopped and looked then ran off into the trees offering me no shot he wasnt a big cat maybe 120 lbs. but very pretty. Ive never ran into a cat like that. is this about the only way to hunt cats out here in west wa. Has anybody ran into them like this bear hunting.

[billythekidrock]

I have been trying to run into a cat for years on the westside and have yet to even see one.

Consider yourself lucky.

[beaslayer6]

i bear hunted for year. shot alots of bear ive seen one for but two seconds. on the trail walking out.

[rasbo]

Ive seen one.It was on my bday walked in front of me and my wife.It was way cool large tom..My wife had two playing in front of her one day on the 7 line

[longrange7mm]

wow, guess it was a lucky run in.i must have run into the only blind deaf and dumb cat in te state cuase he was in no hurry tell i got my gun on him. My mother in law has told me she sees bear and cougar out riding her horse they go all the time but they always go on private land. maybe i will tag along with a pistol lol better not one of her hippie anti gun friends will prolly shoot me lmao

[markts]

I called one in a few years ago while bear hunting and got the shot. The following weekend I came around a corner and caught a nice tom in the ditch line, by the time I could get on him he was midair bailing over the end of a landing. I was beginning to think there were more cats than deer. Havent seen one since. Mark

[lewy]

I killed one last year while bear hunting, actually seen 3 different lions in the week period that i got mine...Younger tom

[littlebuf]

i bet we all start seeing them come January 1st  all those except tag holders that is

[longrange7mm]

nice kitty lewi.

[Bigbuckhunter_1996]

ur lucky to even see one the only cougar ive ever seen is the one up on my wall that my grandpa shot of course when he was hunting they used hounds & usually got 4 or 5 a year